the Ladder

DECEMBER 1958

VOLUME 3, NUMBER 3

Published monthly by the Daughters of Bilitis, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, 165 O'Farrell Street, Room 405, San Francisco 2, Califomia. Telephone YUkon 2-9290.

THE LADDER STAFF: Phyllis Lyon, editor; Patti Brown, editorial assistant; Jaye Bell and Barbara Johnson, production managers; Winnie Little, Fran Mac, advertising manager; Astrid Berger, European correspondent.

circulation manager;

Del Marvice president;

OFFICERS, DAUGHTERS OF BILITIS, INC.: tin, president; Marty Elliott, Patti Brown, recording secretary; Billie Tallmij, corresponding secretary; Carol Wilson, treasurer; Sten Russell, publications director.

THE LADDER is regarded as a sounding board for various points of view on the homophile and related subjects and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the organization.

contents

A CHRISTMAS STORY BY DEL MARTIN.

RADCLYFFE HALL BY GENE DAMON.

LESBIANA....

SAPPHO OF LESBOS, A REVIEW BY BARBARA STEPHENS..

CALENDAR OF EVENTS.

READERS RESPOND...

COVER BY HELEN SANDERS

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